@dreamtheaterofficial — DISTANCE OVER TIME
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Snapshot Review:
In my opinion, with the epic new album, Distance Over Time is Dream Theater at its peak. This is one of their best albums they’ve ever created, and that is saying a ton. It’s a compact yet epic sci-fi/dystopian concept/story album. I am a complete sucker for albums with not just an overarching concept, but ones with a storyline. In this case, it’s not a double album or a 20+ track mess. It’s a concise 9 track album (10, if you count the bonus track, we do) yet with many complex and progressive rock/metal elements that soars just over 60 minutes in length. It’s worth it to stick with this one, and it’s a pleasurably easy experience if you like sci-fi/dystopian stories, crooning, angelic vocals, and insane instrumentals.
The guitar on “s2n” caught me so off guard my jaw literally dropped—that track is worth the price of admission by itself. There were passages throughout that left me completely floored. The vocals and melodies are beautiful, the drums are dynamic, the bass pushes this thing ever forward, and the guitars are continuously trying to outdo each other. It’s seriously difficult to find much wrong with this album. After all, Dream Theater are masters of their craft. Distance Over Time is their 14th album and these veterans of prog don’t pull any punches. Every single one lands perfectly timed and placed.
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Details:
Musicianship 10/10
Instrumentals 10/10
Vocals 10/10
Lyrics 8/10
Production 9/10
Album Arrangement 10/10
Style 10/10
Transcendency 10/10
Artistic Merit 10/10
Personal Tilt 10/10
Total: 9.7/10
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RIYL: @btbamofficial @haken_official
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Best Tracks: “Untethered Angel” “s2n” “At Wit’s End”
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